You carry your books from the ground floor of the library to the second floor, which is 5 m above the ground. You do two trips, where the books that you carry during the first trip are twice as heavy as the stack that you have to carry the second time. If you take approximately the same amount of time for each trip, which statement is true?   Question 5 options:   The power to lift the books on the first trip is approximately twice that for the second trip.   The power to lift the books for the first trip is approximately half that for the second trip.   The power to lift the books is the approximately same for both trips.   None of these statements is true

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You carry your books from the ground floor of the library to the second floor, which is 5 m above the ground. You do two trips, where the books that you carry during the first trip are twice as heavy as the stack that you have to carry the second time. If you take approximately the same amount of time for each trip, which statement is true?

 

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The power to lift the books on the first trip is approximately twice that for the second trip.

 

The power to lift the books for the first trip is approximately half that for the second trip.

 

The power to lift the books is the approximately same for both trips.

 

None of these statements is true

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